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  Tourism | 8/8/2025

  People employed in tourist activities for the first time exceeded the 3 million before the months of high season

  In the second quarter of 2025 there are 58.563 people employed in tourist activities than in the same quarter in 2024. The number of people employed in April, May and June was 3,024,347 Salaried employees in the tourism sector with an indefinite contract increased by 4.6%, the 16th consecutive rise The rate of temporary work in the sector remains at 15.8%, 0.3 percentage points lower than for the same period of 2024 Employees in the tourism sector during this period account for 13.6 per cent of total employment in the Spanish economy, and the unemployment rate in the sector fell to 8% in the second quarter

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  Tourism | 8/1/2025

  Spending by international tourists in Spain exceeded €59.6 billion up to June, 7.5% more than last year

  In the first six months of 2025, more than 44.5 million international visitors came to our country, 4.7% more than in the same period last yearAlmost 9.5 million international tourists visited us in June, an increase of 1.9% year-on-yearInternational travellers in June injected more than €13 billion into our economy, 5.5% more than in June 2024

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  Tourism | 7/31/2025

  Seats on international flights are expected to reach 13.1 million in August, 4.4% more than last year.

  Italy is leading the charge in the main outbound markets, with a 6.7% increase in seats. Colombia topped the list of the Ibero-American countries, with a considerable 14.4% increase.

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  Industry | 7/30/2025

  Spain fosters trade measures in defence of steel together with other European countries

  The Government, together with Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, backs a trade protection framework for the European steel industry in the face of global overcapacity and the current multilateral trade framework.The steel industry is strategic and generates 310,000 direct jobs and 2.2 million indirect jobs in the European Union.The Government is firmly committed to transforming the Spanish steel industry and maintaining Spain’s integral steel cycle.

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  Industry | 7/23/2025

  Hereu announces the approval of six new primary PERTE decarbonisation projects worth €12 million

  With these new resolutions, line 1 of the decarbonisation PERTE has granted more than €465 million between loans and grants.During his speech, the minister also announced the battery line for the fourth call for proposals for PERTE VEC. A total of 14 applications were received, with an investment volume of €1.176 billion.